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ChristianKl comments on Skills and Antiskills - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 27 April 2014 11:29:51PM 0 points [-]

I would label Bayesianism a philosophy more than a skill.

There's are a bunch of skills. That are part of Bayesianism.Having well calibrated confidence intervals is a skill. There the simple skill to solve Bayes equation. There the skill to still solve Bayes equation when faced with a potentially mind killing topic. There are probably a bunch of others.

Comment author: brazil84 29 April 2014 06:22:07AM 0 points [-]

I would label Bayesianism a philosophy more than a skill.

Yes, good point. Although one could also ask if Bayesianism is an anti-philosophy :)